[access-uk] Re: IT courses

Hi William
I'm not actually doing the online course you are asking about, but was curious to see what was on the website.
I am doing the MCDST course but at a local training centre in Birmingham. The course is 5 days, but obviously it takes a lot longer to do than that. There are lots of video's to watch and you get a manual . I have a PDF version of the book which makes the course material accessible.
The other thing you need is a computer with XP pro on it so you can install Virtual PC 2007 as there are labs that you need to complete on virtual machines.
I don't know how the online course works, maybe they have a virtual environment that allows you to complete the labs? I don't imagine it would be accessible though. Maybe their course is designed in a different way, but doing practical labs is key to being a good technician and understanding what you are doing.
After going to the link you gave I was interested to find a link to a small test. There are 10 questions and after taking the test I got 2 out of 10. Took the test again and apparently got 1 out of 10. I know for certain I got about 8 questions correct. So obviously they are fiddling your answers to make it look like you need to take their online course. I find this very misleading and would therefore not trust them.
Anyhow, the training centre I go to is called New Horizons and they have centres all over the Uk. They were very accommodating in helping with my access needs and I would recommend them. I am almost ready to take the first exam and I think that is going to be quite tough as I don't believe you can install access technology on the exam machines. 

Kind regards
Darren.
----- Original Message ----- From: "william lomas" <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 3:11 PM
Subject: [access-uk] IT courses
Has anyone ever studdied the microsoft certification in desktop support course, at this online college? 

http://www.homelearningcollege.com/Courses/IT-And-Computing/MS-Certified-Desktop-Support-Technician/

thanks, Will

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